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Schools using social media but not for fundraising

Robert Weiner

Very few speakers or attendees reported using these tools for fundraising, though. Peer-to-peer class campaigns (at least for recent classes) seem like a natural for social media, and I expect we'll start seeing them. Tags: Fundraising Online Fundraising Social Media.

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Social Media and College Admissions

Robert Weiner

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has just published Social Media and College Admissions: The First Longitudinal Study by Eric Mattson and Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D. The study compares adoption of social media between 2007 and 2008 by the admissions offices of all four-year accredited institutions in the United States.

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Develop Your Social Media Strategy with NTEN

Robert Weiner

What: NTEN is holding an online workshop on social media using a Choose Your Own Expert format. They've gathered a group of nonprofit social media experts to help you devise a solid organizational strategy and learn the secrets of a variety of social media tools.

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Online Alumni Communities in the Age of Social Media

Robert Weiner

The topic of closed alumni communities versus social media is on the minds of a lot of university staff, so I'm posting this along with my response. I'd like to hear from anyone who is using the social networking function of Blackbaud Net Community. Tags: Alumni Relations Education Social Media Alumni. Thanks for any feedback!

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Fundraising Via Social Media: Pros and Cons

Robert Weiner

Hildy Gottlieb takes the con side in her post Avoiding the Siren’s Song of Social Media Fundraising , arguing that these efforts are counterproductive: These efforts tell donors, “You will have the satisfaction of knowing you helped.” It all adds up, but the use of social media doesn’t have to kill the broader efforts.

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How To Search the Social Web: The Ultimate Toolkit

Robert Weiner

Robin Broitman of the Interactive Insights Group has created an extensive list of tools for searching the social Web. She calls it a "comprehensive guide to a wide range of resources, Web sites, services, and advice that will help you find, filter, and monitor the information you need more effectively."

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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

Complex family, social, business, corporate, and financial relationships. Provide strong reporting and analytic tools. Supports streamlined, high-volume data entry tools. Provide data integrity tools to keep the data clean. Has an open API and flexible import and export tools.

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